Gender Roles In Religion Essay

Register to read the introduction… There has always been tension in this topic. In most of these religions women are considered lowly. The men in high religious positions on most of the religions depicted above maintain the position that they women are not inferior to men but that God has divided the duties of men and women equally and therefore they must undertake different roles. We have even seen instances where women burn themselves to death after the death of their husbands to maintain the integrity of their family. In doing research for this paper, it can be noted that the women played the same type of role in all of these religions. Women were expected to be the homemakers and caregivers. They were expected to bear the children and be submissive to men. Women have all been forced to wear loose clothing and cover their hair, in some cases even ordered to wear veils to avoid men to become sexually attracted to them. In all of the religions noted above, women have been prohibited from obtaining certian roles in religion. Although most of these religions described women as equal, they were not given equal opportunity to educate themselves and thrive in situations like men did. Women were not allowed to do much but take care of their families and cater to their husbands. This was the case in even the most laid back religion, Rastafarianism where single women are not allowed to practice the religion, as the religion needs to be introduced by the …show more content…
In present time, you can see more women leaders. For example, there are now women rabis in the Jewish faith. In Catholism, you can now see female altar servers. This was not the case years ago when these roles were dominated by men. With time, we will see more women in leadership positions but religiously and civilly.

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